#B38231#B38231

#B38231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.113 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38231
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 11.01, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 50.52, 77.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.0266 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.113 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1292, 25.7729, 6.4510)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38231 #3162B3

analogous

#B34131 #B38231 #A3B331

triadic

#B38231 #31B382 #8231B3

tetradic

#B38231 #31B341 #3162B3 #B331A3

square

#B38231 #31B341 #3162B3 #B331A3

split-complementary

#B38231 #31A3B3 #4131B3

monochromatic

#533C17 #835F24 #B38231 #D0A052 #DDBA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B38231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B38231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38231

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38231	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.113 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea66e',
    500: '#b38231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38231;
$custom-light: #cea66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.385,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64043,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38231

secondary

#7A97C6

accent

#81E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38231

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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